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This research brief summarizes what is already known about child marriage and early unions (CMEUs) in the Caribbean, complemented by the findings of research commissioned by UNICEF in the framework of the Spotlight Initiative Caribbean Regional Programme and conducted in six Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Guyana, Haiti, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
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This report is an analysis of the overall findings from the research project on Haitian child domestic workers. The research was initiated by UNICEF, the Haitian Ministère des Affaires Sociales et du Travail (MAST), the Institut du Bien-Etre Social et de Recherches (IBESR), ILO, IOM, the IRC and the Terre des Hommes Lausanne Foundation. Additional organisations joined during the course of research, and eventually a group of 28 different organisations supported the research and made up a Technical Committee.
Representations of child domestic work in Haiti seem to fall into…
On estime que 32 000 enfants vivent dans des orphelinats en Haïti. Plus de 80 % ne sont pas orphelins. 80 années de recherches démontrent le préjudice causé lorsqu’on élève les enfants dans des institutions. Par conséquent, la plupart des pays du monde en développement ont abandonné ce type de prise en charge depuis plusieurs années.
Le gouvernement haïtien a donné la priorité à la réduction de la dépendance envers la prise en charge en orphelinat pour s’assurer que les enfants peuvent être élevés dans des familles. Par ailleurs, il a mis en priorité la lutte contre la traite des…
According to this report from Lumos, of the estimated 32,000 children who live in orphanages in Haiti, only 20 are percent orphans. Eighty years of research demonstrates the harm caused by raising children in institutions. As a result, most countries in the developed world moved away from this form of care decades ago.
The Haitian government has prioritised reducing reliance on orphanage care, to ensure children can be raised in families. They have also prioritised addressing trafficking in children, another significant concern in Haiti.
However, well-intended donors and volunteers from…
Charts that accompany the Mother Jones article Orphan Fever: The Evangelical Movement’s Adoption Obsession by Kathryn Joyce, illustrating the trends in international adoptions from Liberia, Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Haiti to families in the United States.
The Guardian discusses the repercussions of funding and volunteering in Haitian orphanages, based on the findings from Funding Haitian Orphanages at the Cost of Children’s Rights, a recent Lumos report.
This article discusses findings from the recent Lumos report Funding Haitian Orphanages at the Cost of Children's Rights, stressing the circumstances under which children enter into residential care as well as the prevalence of abuse within the care system.
According to this report from The Huffington Post, children already at risk for human trafficking face a greater risk due to Hurricane Matthew.
“ All credible organizations recognize and agree that new adoption cases, including new referrals, are not appropriate in a time of crisis or national emergency. Initiating new adoptions at this time could open the door to corruption and abuse of children. Every effort must be made to identify and find family members for children who are separated or displaced as a result of the earthquake.
Joint Council understands the natural tendency to offer a loving family for children who may be newly orphaned, however we urge all adoption service providers and potential adoptive families to refrain…